Fertilizer composition and process of making same.



25 producing suflicient commonly known as eel g It is of courseunderstood that heretoforethere has been little or fee Gnome H.nenr-rnomasfonetnn.nrn

To all whom z't'inay concern 'Compositions and Same, of which theimprovement .in

' value to produce on ere" HENRY KING HANNAH,

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Be a known that I, GEORGE H.- Ene- THoMAs, a citizen of New Zealand,residing at Glen Ridge,

in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fertilizer Processes of Making cation. gI c I My nvention relates to a new and useful acompos1t1on to be used asa fertilizer, a fertilizer filler, an artificial manure, or acarrierofbeneficial soil bacteria. One of the principal ingredients of thecomposition is Zostem marina, or what is grass.

no'market for eel grass, so that the cost of the same is simply that ofharvesting.

I have found that eelgrass can be used with. many minerals possessingfertihzing an excellent fertilizer, the as a decomposing agent in acidtodecompose minerals, especially phosphate rock, and suitably taking theplaceof the "expensive acidulating process which this rock hasheretofore been put to before commercial fertilizer.

The eel grass is ground very finely, for the purpose of acting as adecomposing agentwith niafying bacteria, nitrifying bacteria, nitrogenfi'xing bacteria, and other bacteria -so that when the same isthoroughly mixed with raw finely ground rock phosphate, the re sultantcomposition will e in an available and desirable condition, soil, forthe nurturing of the crops. It will also be understood that it can bemixed with compounds of potassium and nitrogen, and in suitableproportions to thereby form a complete fertilizer of any desiredformula.

It will be understood that the greatest value of my invention is themixing of the phosphate rock with the eelgrass to thereby decompose thephosphate rock, and in this eel grass acting Specification of LettersPatent.

No Drawing. Application filed November.10, 1914., Serial No. 871,291.

I No. 128,345.

now subjecte and suitable medium for converting the rock;

following is a specifibeing made into a decomposing bacteria, such asammowhen placed in the Patented Jan. 16, 1917. Renewed October 28, e.serial manner doing away withv the necessity of the acidulating processto which the rockis the eel grass acting as a novel into a useful andavailable also find a new'use for humus, muck or peat which has asimilar action to the eel grass. It can be used-alone with therock'phosphate as a decomposing agent and as a food for bacteria, oritmay be mixed with eel grass in varying; proportions for "the samepurpose. The eel grass has the advantage in this mixture of adding alarge percentage of com ounds of potassium, sodium and some ot erelements which possess fertilizing value so that the peat is morereadily acted upon by the bacteria. It will be understood that theproportions mixture of fifty per cent. of

condition. I

the eel grass and phosphate rock have been found very.-

suitable, or a mixtureo'f muck and eel grass and phosphate rock may bemade.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1-. The ,process of. forming a fertilizer, whichconsists in grinding eel grass, grindf 3. A fertilizer containing hllmus-formingv material, eel-grass and additional amounts of phosphate,and compounds of potassium and nitrogen. I v j 4. A fertilizercontaining eel-grass and GE, ixrnw JERSEY, ASSIGNOR or ONE7HALF To 4 orMONTCLAIR, new JERSEY.

vary and the additional amounts of phosphate, and compounds of potassiumand nitrogen. p 5. A fertilizer comprising ground eelitnesses:

HOWARD B. DAVIS, T. H. LAWRY.

GEORGE 'H. EARP-THOMAS.

grass and additional amounts of phosphate, 4

